{"product_id":"the-dioceses-darkest-chapter-allison-niebauer-9783031460005","title":"The Diocese's Darkest Chapter: Cultural Trauma and the Making of the Catholic Abuse Crisis in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom its quiet inception in 1988, to a hailstorm of statewide and national controversy over thirty years later, this book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efollows the development of public discourse regarding a clergy sexual abuse scandal in a small Catholic Diocese in Central Pennsylvania. Weaving together the evolving local and national narratives, it offers a striking account of how stakeholder rhetoric has influenced public perception of the Catholic abuse crisis in America, and driven public actions. While the book enriches our local knowledge of the tragic--and ongoing--cultural trauma triggered by the revelation of clergy perpetrated abuse in a small Catholic Diocese, it\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ealso makes a critical theoretical contribution to our understanding of the role of rhetoric in publicizing private pain, and galvanizing collectives to take it on as their own. The process of cultural trauma, Niebauer contends, unfolds through rhetorical forms that provide individuals with a constraining and enabling set of rhetorical choices. Highlighting the recurrent rhetorical forms of narration, kategoria, apologia, and topoi, \u003ci\u003eThe Diocese's Darkest Chapter \u003c\/i\u003ebrings a new vocabulary and explanatory force to the study of cultural trauma, and the Catholic abuse crisis in America. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allison Niebauer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3031460006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031460005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.93w x 0.58d","brand":"Allison Niebauer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47427659268351,"sku":"9783031460005","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62ee963d-16ec-42f4-8b03-76234c3ed195.jpg?v=1761580781","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dioceses-darkest-chapter-allison-niebauer-9783031460005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}